Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To confer with another or others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
- intransitive verb To arrange or settle by discussion and mutual agreement.
- intransitive verb To transfer (an instrument, such as a promissory note) to another party by means of endorsement.
- intransitive verb To succeed in going over or through.
- intransitive verb To succeed in accomplishing or managing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To carry on business or trade.
- To treat with another or others, as in the arrangement of a treaty, or in preliminaries to the transaction of any business; carry on negotiations.
- To arrange for or procure by negotiation; bring about by mutual arrangement, a discussion, or bargaining; as, to
negotiate a loan or a treaty. - To direct; manage; transact.
- To handle; manage.
- To put, into circulation by transference and assignment of claim by indorsement: as, to
negotiate a bill of exchange. - To dispose of by sale or transfer: as, to
negotiate securities.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To transact business; to carry on trade.
- intransitive verb To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade.
- intransitive verb To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, convention, or other proposed agreement; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences.
- intransitive verb obsolete To intrigue; to scheme.
- transitive verb To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation.
- transitive verb To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
confer with others in order to come toterms or reach anagreement . - verb transitive To
arrange orsettle something bymutual agreement . - verb transitive To
succeed incoping with, or getting over something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb succeed in passing through, around, or over
- verb discuss the terms of an arrangement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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QUESTION: You keep using the term negotiate just like the Maersk Company did.
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But these talks are being put in jeopardy by the crude and naive tactics of Government ministers who don't seem to understand the word negotiate.
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But these talks are being put in jeopardy by the crude and naive tactics of Government ministers who don't seem to understand the word negotiate.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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But these talks are being put in jeopardy by the crude and naive tactics of Government ministers who don't seem to understand the word negotiate.
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But these talks are being put in jeopardy by the crude and naive tactics of Government ministers who don't seem to understand the word negotiate.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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But these talks are being put in jeopardy by the crude and naive tactics of Government ministers who don't seem to understand the word negotiate.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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I do not know all of the inner workings of reality tv, but it appears to me that if one does not negotiate from the forefront regarding what will be shown and what will not, there is little choice when a questionable situation arises.
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Whatever price they negotiate is independant of what the insurance company pays.
Negotiating Drug Prices, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I think the proposal for the government to negotiate is a very bad idea and could potentially increase everyone's costs.
Negotiating Drug Prices, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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One of the obstacles that Kate simply cannot negotiate is her own pride.
kewpid commented on the word negotiate
Ne-go-she-ate. Not ne-go-see-ate.
July 25, 2011
bilby commented on the word negotiate
Kewp's reference is probably to a (grindingly) frequent pronunciation by Australia's current Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.
July 25, 2011
Louises commented on the word negotiate
It was a relief, the hunger, its refusal to negotiate, something solid to hold onto in the uncertainty. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
March 28, 2012
nirane commented on the word negotiate
I watched him negotiate the bend as carefully as an armature would.
August 21, 2013